Nigeria’s Federal Government on Tuesday approved the sum of N75,000 per semester stipend for students studying education public universities in Nigeria.
Students undergoing the Nigeria Certificate in Education program will also get N50,000 as a stipend per semester from the government.
The move is a deliberate effort to attract the best brains into the teaching profession as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020.
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Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, announced stated this during the World Teachers’ Day celebration held at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Tuesday.
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Adamu was read by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono.
Adamu noted that his ministry would collaborate with state governments to ensure automatic employment for the students upon graduation.
He said, “Undergraduate students of B.Ed / B.A. Ed/ BSc. Ed in Public institutions are to receive stipends of N75,000.00 per semester while NCE students will get N50,000.00 as stipends per semester.
“Federal Government should find the modality through which respective states’ governments could provide automatic employment for NCE graduates at Basic Education level.”
